• IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    I mostly agree but it’s also important to look at updating the grid so power can be moved around using high voltage DC transmission.

    We’ve got reliable solar in the Southern US, and massive potential for wind offshore and in the prairie states. If we can route power to where it’s needed that decreases the need to store it.

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      4 months ago

      We’re running into that up in the northeast too. Massachusetts had big plans to buy Canadian hydro, but can’t get the transmission lines built to get it here